Police

Policy

Should We Let Law Enforcement Drone On and On?

Domestic shock-and-awe is now becoming par for the course.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.8.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

The Specter of Decatuple-Jointed Ears

Jacob Sullum | 6.8.2012 8:53 AM

Politics

Florida, Illinois Eliminate Commissions that Help Free Innocent, Investigate Police Torture

Scott Shackford | 6.7.2012 2:51 PM

Policy

Street Justice vs. a Supreme Court Justice

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 5:25 PM

Policy

Texas Police Chief Accused of Shooting Two Dogs and a House

J.D. Tuccille | 6.6.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

Law Lets New York Cops Keep Their Misconduct Secret

J.D. Tuccille | 6.5.2012 3:19 PM

Policy

How Many Men Does It Take to Overcome the 'Superhuman Strength' of a Perp or Patient Fortified by 'Bath Salts'?

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2012 3:04 PM

Policy

Searching For a Bankrobber? Why not Handcuff Every Adult at a Traffic Stop?

Lucy Steigerwald | 6.5.2012 2:47 PM

Politics

Philly FOP President to Police Advisory Commission: "Your group poses a direct threat to public safety in this City. A threat which should no longer be tolerated by our citizens or their government."

Ed Krayewski | 6.4.2012 2:22 PM

Politics

Cuomo Wants to Decriminalize 'Public Display' of Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 1:18 PM

Politics

Deputies Help Californians Understand How Black Market Works by Selling "Unapproved" Guns

Scott Shackford | 6.2.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Misconduct Map Shows Who's Been Thin-Blue-Brutalized Near You

J.D. Tuccille | 6.1.2012 2:18 PM

Politics

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

Politics

"Your First Amendment right can be terminated if you're creating a scene or whatever… your presence created a scene": Cop Probably Making Bigger Scene Than NBC News Photographer Who Got Detained

Ed Krayewski | 6.1.2012 1:12 PM

Politics

Seth Adams Was Still Alive After Deputy Sheriff Shot Him Four Times in Parking Lot of Family Business; New Details From Family Attorney, None From Police (w/ updates)

Ed Krayewski | 6.1.2012 9:48 AM

Policy

Voodoo Pharmacology Literalized: The Drug That Turns People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Politics

'Child Safety Zones' May Be Unfair and Ineffective, but They Feel So Good

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 2:21 PM

Politics

Cop Shoots Border Collie Mix He Mistook for Pitbull After Showing Up at Wrong Home

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2012 10:13 AM

Policy

New Video of Five Year Old Vancouver Police Shooting of Bipolar Man Throws Closed Case Into Question

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2012 8:14 PM

Policy

If You Use Drugs, You Might End Up Eating Someone's Face

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2012 5:43 PM

Politics

Honor 9/11 Victims by Helping California Fight Livestock Diseases (and Pay State Employees)!

Scott Shackford | 5.29.2012 12:15 PM

Policy

Homicide Isn't Prosecutable When You're a Federal Agent

J.D. Tuccille | 5.25.2012 3:31 PM

Policy

Ray Kelly Outlines Measures to Curtail the Illegal Police Stops He Says Are Not Occurring

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 3:21 PM

Politics

Scott Walker Turns Up the Heat on Flawed Milwaukee Crime Stats

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates debate high-profile police controversy.

Ryan Ekvall and M.D. Kittle | 5.25.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

D.A. Suspends Grand Jury Investigations of Police Shootings in Albuquerque; No Shooting Ever Ruled Unjustified

Ed Krayewski | 5.25.2012 1:05 PM

Politics

When Government Privileges Trump the Rights of Citizens

California creates a two-tiered system, with government workers on top.

Steven Greenhut | 5.25.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Drug Busts As Make-Work for Superfluous Cops

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 11:46 AM

Policy

Flashing Headlights to Warn About Speed Traps Is Protected Speech, Sez Judge

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.24.2012 1:35 PM

Politics

The Costs of Police Brutality: Fresh Out Of Bankruptcy, Vallejo Pays $4.5 Million for Warrantless Entry That Led to Spinal Cord Injury, Permanent Disability

Ed Krayewski | 5.24.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

St. Louis Cops Worry That In-Car Cameras 'Are Being Used Against Them'

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2012 5:38 PM

Policy

St. Louis Police Officers Association No Fan of Dash Cams

Ed Krayewski | 5.23.2012 10:55 AM

Politics

Is That a Spy in Your Pocket?

How warrantless cellphone tracking threatens your privacy

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Does the Artist Treated Like a Terrorist Still ?NY?

Jacob Sullum | 5.22.2012 4:21 PM

Politics

Cato Relaunches Police Misconduct Tracker, Assuring Regular Online Diet of Face-Stomping, Groin-Crushing 'Professionalism'

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2012 11:52 AM

Policy

Cop Doing "God's Work" Threatens to Face-Rape Petty Crook

Scott Shackford | 5.21.2012 5:36 PM

Politics

Asset Forfeiture: "A Process of Government Enrichment That Often Is Indistinguishable from Robbery"

Damon Root | 5.21.2012 4:51 PM

Politics

Palm Beach Deputy Sheriff "Forced" to Shoot Unarmed Man Checking In on Family Business

Ed Krayewski | 5.21.2012 4:29 PM

Politics

Jacob Sullum Discusses the Right to Record Cops on RT

Reason Staff | 5.18.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

Federal Judge Allows Class Action Challenging the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Program

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 6:11 PM

Politics

Reason TV: Outraged Fullerton citizens react to Kelly Thomas beating tape

Paul Detrick | 5.16.2012 12:02 PM

Politics

Cop Accused of Being Drug Trafficker's Inside Man at NYPD

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2012 1:23 PM

Politics

"I kissed her breasts and nipples, as there was no place for my face to go," Salt Lake City PD Re-Evaluates Vice

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2012 6:23 PM

Politics

The First Amendment vs. the War on Cameras

Damon Root | 5.14.2012 5:43 PM

Policy

California Woman Permanently Blinded by Police Officer's High-Velocity OC Gas Weapon

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.11.2012 7:05 PM

Politics

Bloomberg Likens the NYPD's 'Stop and Frisk' Program to Random DUI Checkpoints

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2012 4:36 PM

Politics

Water Declared Safe in Fracking Town, SEC Investigates JPMorgan Losses, Edwards Wants Case Tossed Out: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 5.11.2012 4:28 PM

Politics

How the Kelly Thomas Killing Sparked a Citizen Revolt

The bipartisan movement to reform a broken California city

Steven Greenhut | 5.11.2012 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge: Two of the Six Police Officers Responsible For Kelly Thomas' Death Will Stand Trial

Mike Riggs | 5.9.2012 5:47 PM